Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology: Nematocysts
More info
| Location | Image | Cnidae Type | Range of Lengths (m) | Range of Widths (m) | n | N | State | |
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| Fautin D. G., 1984 | ||||||||
| Actinopharynx | ||||||||
| basitrichs | 20.5 - 36.1 | x | 2.3 - 3.9 | 118 | 13 / 13 | unfired | ||
| microbasic p-mastigophores | 18.9 - 27.9 | x | 3.3 - 5.7 | 72 | 12 / 13 | unfired | ||
| Column | ||||||||
| basitrichs | 17.2 - 27.9 (30.3) | x | 2.5 - 3.3 | 87 | 10 / 10 | unfired | ||
| Filaments | ||||||||
| basitrichs | (18.6) 19.7 - 33.6 | x | 2.1 - 4.7 | 89 | 11 / 14 | unfired | ||
| microbasic p-mastigophores | 19.7 - 28.7 | x | 3.5 - 6 | 97 | 14 / 14 | unfired | ||
| Tentacles | ||||||||
| basitrichs | 23 - 43.5 | x | 2.3 - 3.7 | 190 | 13 / 13 | unfired | ||
| microbasic b-mastigophores | 33.6 - 55.8 | x | 5.7 - 8.4 (9) | 48 | 8 / 13 | unfired | ||
| microbasic p-mastigophores | 18.9 - 27.3 | x | 3.3 - 4.9 | 45 | 6 / 13 | unfired | ||
| spirocysts | 27.1 - 76.3 | x | 2.7 - 5.6 | 172 | 13 / 13 | unfired | ||
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Distribution
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, South West Atlantic
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UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1318
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Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145244
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Physical Description
Type Information
Syntype for Actinostola pergamentacea McMurrich
Catalog Number: USNM 17779
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Off Of Gulf, Chubut, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 94.2 to 94.2
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 17779
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Off Of Gulf, Chubut, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 94.2 to 94.2
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Syntype:
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Syntype for Actinostola excelsa McMurrich, 1893
Catalog Number: USNM 17781
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Grande Bay, East of, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 92.4 to 92.4
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 17781
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Grande Bay, East of, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 92.4 to 92.4
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Syntype: McMurrich, J. P. 1893. Scientific Results of Explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XXIII. Report on the Actiniae Collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross During the Winter of 1887-1888. Proc. U.S.N.M. 16: 119-216.
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Syntype for Actinostola excelsa McMurrich, 1893
Catalog Number: USNM 17780
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Cape Vigia, Between Puerto Deseado And San Julian, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 106 to 106
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 17780
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1888
Locality: Cape Vigia, Between Puerto Deseado And San Julian, Santa Cruz, Argentina, South Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 106 to 106
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Syntype: McMurrich, J. P. 1893. Scientific Results of Explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XXIII. Report on the Actiniae Collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross During the Winter of 1887-1888. Proc. U.S.N.M. 16: 119-216.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 84 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 52 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 18 - 2041
Temperature range (°C): -0.068 - 9.751
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.704 - 33.348
Salinity (PPS): 32.545 - 34.739
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.181 - 7.459
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.793 - 2.286
Silicate (umol/l): 2.375 - 120.439
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 18 - 2041
Temperature range (°C): -0.068 - 9.751
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.704 - 33.348
Salinity (PPS): 32.545 - 34.739
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.181 - 7.459
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.793 - 2.286
Silicate (umol/l): 2.375 - 120.439
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 52 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 18 - 2041
Temperature range (°C): -0.068 - 9.751
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.704 - 33.348
Salinity (PPS): 32.545 - 34.739
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.181 - 7.459
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.793 - 2.286
Silicate (umol/l): 2.375 - 120.439
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 18 - 2041
Temperature range (°C): -0.068 - 9.751
Nitrate (umol/L): 3.704 - 33.348
Salinity (PPS): 32.545 - 34.739
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.181 - 7.459
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.793 - 2.286
Silicate (umol/l): 2.375 - 120.439
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 254 - 254
Temperature range (°C): -0.277 - -0.277
Nitrate (umol/L): 31.538 - 31.538
Salinity (PPS): 34.546 - 34.546
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.105 - 6.105
Phosphate (umol/l): 2.222 - 2.222
Silicate (umol/l): 89.293 - 89.293
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 254 - 254
Temperature range (°C): -0.277 - -0.277
Nitrate (umol/L): 31.538 - 31.538
Salinity (PPS): 34.546 - 34.546
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.105 - 6.105
Phosphate (umol/l): 2.222 - 2.222
Silicate (umol/l): 89.293 - 89.293
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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